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The Standard Weights and Measures of Exchequer Anno 12º Henrici Septimi / Vetusta Monumenta. London: Society of Antiquaries, 1746. Hand-colored engraving showing standards of weights and measures produced by Henry VII in 1497, reproduced here by George Vertue as Plate 1.69 in 1746, in volume 1 of Vetusta Monumenta. “From the Original Table formerly in the Treasury of the Kings Exchequer at Westminster and now preserved in the M.S. Library of the late Early of Oxford." Framed. Sight 24 ¾ x 18 ¾". Original folds, with slight separation along crease in the center of the image. Toning to paper, else very good.